USB modem support?

[Tony Frank]

Hi,

On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 02:26:24AM +0000, Daniela wrote:
> I'm having problems with an USB ADSL modem (Alcatel Speed Touch). It is 
> recognized at boot time, but when I try to connect, it tells me that the 
> modem is busy.
> I symlinked /dev/cuaa3 to /dev/ugen1 (that's the device that showed up in the 
> boot messages) and directed the kppp utility to use /dev/cuaa3. I entered all 
> the information it asked me for, and then I got the error message: Modem is 
> busy. My ISP told me to f*** off and get Windoze. Anything else is 
> unsupported.
> 
> Is it a hardware problem or a classical case of a dumb user?
> I'm not unexperienced with Ethernet connections, and I have a great knowledge 
> of the TCP/IP standard, but I have never done anything with modems, so I 
> can't even imagine how this stuff works.

Have you tried:

FreeBSD Handbook:
http://marvin.home.local/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoa.html

Or ports collection:

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=speedtouch&stype=all

Port:   pppoa-1.2b3,1
Path:   /usr/ports/net/pppoa
Info:   Run PPP over Alcatel's USB Speedtouch device
Maint:  tom at FreeBSD.org
Index:  net
B-deps:
R-deps:

Regards,

Tony